AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has moved a record 27 RKN Envirotainer containers on a single flight, delivering urgent vaccines to China. The shipment flew from Milan, Italy to Beijing, China on 30 October for Kuehne + Nagel Italy. All 27 containers were delivered to ground handling company Alha to be loaded on one of ABC’s Boeing 747-8 Freighters to its hub in Moscow, Russia before continuing to Beijing. The airline’s pharma team worked with local operations and customer service teams to…
Abu Dhabi pharmaceutical manufacturer Neopharma and US-based Elevar Therapeutics have entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture in the UAE. The 50:50 partnership plans to establish a sales network for Rivoceranib, a targeted anti-cancer drug, and also conduct clinical trials for other pipeline candidates. Neopharma said in a statement that it will undertake to commercialise responsibility through its presence in various countries of the MENA region and India. Suresh Kumar Nandiraju, chief operating officer of Neopharma said: “This…
The Dubai Health Authority, DHA, has signed four Memorandums of Understanding, MoUs, with Al Zahra Hospital Dubai, NMC Royal Hospital, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital and Saudi German Hospital to provide quality integrated healthcare services to visitors and exhibitors during Expo 2020 Dubai. Dr. Younis Kazim, CEO of the Dubai Healthcare Cooperation at DHA, signed each of the four MoUs with Dr. Mohaymen Abdelghany, CEO of Al Zahra Hospital Dubai, Ashish Kumar Jaiswal, Vice President, Operations,Dubai Region, at NMC Healthcare L.L.C, Dr.…
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation in an adult recipient. The advanced procedure is available at only a few hospitals worldwide. Unlike open surgery that requires a large incision to access the liver, the laparoscopic procedure is performed with surgical tools and a camera inserted through a few half-inch holes in the abdomen of the living donor. Once the piece of the liver is dissected, the surgeon retrieves the graft through…
The medical professionals at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai have revealed some of the most common eye injuries across the UAE. Topping the list is poking of the eye, which is one of the most common causes of eye injury as it can happen unintentionally. Dr. Luisa M. Sastre, Specialist Ophthalmologist in Medical Retina, says: “Poking of the eye, especially the cornea, is a common cause of eye injury and eye trauma, which can be very painful. It can happen at…
